Ontology is a science of being qua being. This subject gives sufficient discourses in relation to being or al-wujud as expounded in Islamic philosophy. Basically in Islamic Philosophy the discourses in ontology which are known as al-falsafah bi ma’na al-a’am (philosophy in its general sense) or al-umur al-‘ammah (general properties) are divided into various divisions. and all-these divisions are related to existence qua existence in its different aspects.

This subject is considered as a common subject in this particular curriculum

WEEKLY PLANNER, TOPICS AND READINGS

Week

Topics

Description of the Topics

Recommended Readings

1

Introduction to ontology

2

The concept of existence; the distinction between concept (al-mafhum) and extension (al-misdaq) or haqiqat al-wujud (reality of being), the concept of existence is self-evident and univocal.

3

Al-wujud and al-mahiyat; the distinction between Essentia and Existentia

The Primacy of existence and quiddity

5

Unity and multiplicity

6

The gradation or ambiguityof existence

7

On the mental and concrete existences

8

The three modes of existence in relation to the matters of propositions – al-wujub, al-imkan and al-imtina’ (necessity, possibility and impossibility);

9

The principle of causation;

10

On the potential (bi l-quwwah) and the actual (bi l-fi’il); in relation to motion and the different kinds of motion including substantial motion.

11

On the eternal (al-qadim) and the contingent (al-hadith)

12

On the intellect (al-‘aql), the subject and the object of intellect (al-‘Aqil and al-ma’qul)

Note:

REFERENCES

– Philosophical Instructions; Misbah Yazdi

– Bidayat al-Hikmah, Allamah Tabatabaie (translation in English).

– Ta’alimat al-Falsafah, Misbah Yazdi.

– The Metaphysics of Sabzawari, Toshihiko Izutsu

– The Concept and Reality of Existence, Toshihiko Izutsu

– The Translation of the Manzumeh of Sabzawari, Izutsu and Mehdi Muhaqqiq

Dr. Haidar Bagir

Dr. Haidar Bagir

Haidar Bagir Profile

Haidar Bagir got his undergraduate degree from the Dept. of Industrial Engineering, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia. He finished his course works at the Graduate Program of the State Institute of Islamic Thought, Jakarta, but received his Master’s degree from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, and Ph D degree from the Department of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia (with one year research in the Dept. of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, Bloomington). He has been the President Director of Mizan Group, one of the biggest publishing houses that he founded in 1982. (Starting 3 years ago, Mizan Group has also produced movies and TV Programs). Among his other professional responsibilities are teaching at the Islamic College for Advanced Studies (ICAS) London in Jakarta , Chairman of the Lazuardi Hayati Foundation for Education, Founder of YASMIN (A foundation for philanthropic works on Community Education and Health), and Chairman of IIMaN Center for the Development of Positive Sufism. He has received several notable research grants from the US institutions, including a Fulbright Grant for Graduate Studies at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University and a Fulbright Grant for Doctoral Research in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University, as well as CTNS Award for Religion and Science Curriculum Development 2003. A group he chaired has also won a grant from The Metanexus Global Network Initiative (MGNI) Catalyst Grant for the Research on An Exploration to Understand Creativity through A Comprehensive Investigation of Intelligence. He has also taught Islam in the University of Sciences in Philadelphia (Feb – March, 2005) as a visiting scholar within Fulbright’s “Direct Access to the Muslim World” program and served as the Misher Professor of Humanities in the same year. He wrote numerous papers and articles on various topics – especially in the fields of (Islamic) Philosophy, Mysticism, and Thought -- and authored 8 (eight) books, including Deciphering Mystical Experience : A Comparison between Mulla Sadra and Heidegger (2007), Islamic Political Philosophy : between Alfarabi and Ayatullah Khomeini (2004), Pocket Book of Islamic Philosophy (2005), Pocket Book of Tasawuf (Islamic Mysticism) (2005), Al-Farabi (2005)), The New Era of Ethical Management (1994), and co-authored Revelation of Secrets : A Sufi Hermeneutics (forhcoming). He is also involved in several international organizations, including Globethics.net (Advisor, Indonesia), International Society of Islamic Philosophy (ISIP, regional coordinator for Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand), and Indonesia-America People to People Dialogue (IAP2P (founding-member of the Board of Trustee). Apart from being awarded with three Fulbright grants, his name has also been included in the list of the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World 2009 and 2010 editions issued by the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University and the The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center in Amman, Jordania. He can be reached at his e-mail address: haidar@cbn.net.id

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